Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Last night after midnight, about a half mile from the Sprocket residence, there was a big DUI crash in Sherman Oaks. An RV traveling at a high rate of speed crashed into several parked cars, a power pole and an apartment building.

I had heard about this accident on the ABC news this morning, so when Mr. Sprocket and I took our morning walk, we headed in that direction. Mr. Sprocket and I spoke to ABC's stunningly beautiful Subha Ravindhran, who told Mr. Sprocket that there were rats inside the motor home. Here's a short fifteen second video up on YouTube.

The vehicle was traveling west on Clark St. when it crossed Sepulveda Blvd. and continued on down a narrow driveway to the apartment complex parking lot. The RV plowed into cars parked up against the fence dividing that complex from the next door apartment parking to the south. The RV continued down the narrow driveway, taking out a power pole and the parking lot security gate.

Below are some photos I took at the scene. Please understand I'm not a very good photo journalist. I took these with my cell phone in bright sunlight.

Other side of the driveway entrance, looking north.

Close up of damage to a wall facing Sepulveda Blvd.

Mr. Sprocket pointed out the RV's muffler in the debris.

Mr. Sprocket wanted me to get a photo of the environmentally friendly product the Dept. of Water & Power (DWP) clean up crew were using.

View down the driveway after DWP trucks backed into it.

From the adjacent parking lot, view of the fence the RV hit dividing the properties. Cars parked along this fence were hit/damaged. Photo center, you can also see where that electrical

box on the building was damaged.

DWP temporary transformer installed where power pole used to be.

View of fence damage and where the back security gate used to be. Partial view of debris field after the RV was removed.

Debris field near the building. You can see the metal gate in right part of the photo the RV plowed through.

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